Weird science finds rainbows are a way to keep from blacking out

And it sends all of its important messages by fungus.

Good relationships with gays mean less binge drinking. Here's an unexpected way to keep heterosexual teens from binge drinking and passing out: start a gay-straight alliance in their school. A large study of Canadian teens (it followed over 21,000 of them) showed that schools that had policies or organizations that eased the integration of homosexuals into the student body had fewer problems with alcohol use, such as family troubles, blacking out, and getting into car accidents. This applied to almost all students; oddly, the exception were gay and bisexual boys, who saw little benefit.

Plants send messages on a fungus-net. We tend to think of plants as pretty static (well, aside from the whole "growing" thing), but they actually engage in a lot of chemical communication. They emit volatile compounds that can drive off predators, attract insects that eat what's eating the plant, or warn their fellow plants when they're being eaten. But what happens if the chemicals can't easily spread on the wind? Well, for those cases, the plants send their messages via a fungus-net.

The roots of many plants are associated with soil-dwelling fungi that can extend to the roots of neighboring plants. If a bean plant is attacked by aphids, its neighbors normally start producing compounds that ward off aphid attack. But, if you cut the fungal connections between them, the neighboring plants never gear up their defenses.

Submissive males are really girlie-men (in turkeys, at least). If your early years of schooling occurred in the US, then you undoubtedly did some drawings of a Thanksgiving-time turkey, with a bulging chest and large fan of feathers. That, it turns out, would be the dominant male. There are typically other males in a flock, but the submissive males don't develop many of the characteristics of the head male. Someone's now looked into what's going on at the level of gene expression and found that these submissive males look a bit female. In terms of the genes they express, the smaller males are clearly male, but there were a set of genes that were expressed at levels that are more similar to those seen in females. "Males with less manifestation of sexual dimorphism in phenotype were both demasculinized for male-biased genes, as well as feminized for female-biased genes," the researchers conclude. Lots of small changes seem to add up to a very different appearance.

Dogs find their owners boring. Well, probably not, but they are more likely to yawn at their owners. That's because yawns are socially contagious, meaning that, if we see someone else yawning, we're more likely to do so ourselves. This sort of social contagion appears to have deep evolutionary roots, as yawns can spread among other groups of mammals, including dogs. But dogs tend to bond socially with specific humans, and this apparently influences how easily social contagions can spread. Dogs will yawn along with just about anyone, but do so more often with people they have bonded with.

August is a fine month to kill off all your family members. Here's a happy bit of research: a grand survey of what are termed "family annihilators," or people who attempt to kill off all members of their immediate family. It's generally a male crime, with over 80 percent of the killers having a Y chromosome—but most violent crimes are committed by males, so that's not unexpected. What might be unexpected is that over 20 percent of the murders take place in August, and about half happen on weekends. The authors manage to make sense of that by noting that, in many cases, family problems that include loss of custody of the children trigger the murders. Often, the males only have custody of their kids on weekends and over school holidays, so that's when the killings are possible.

The same can be said about us. Alpha males send many signals to males around them to induce them into voluntary submission. Those who don't volunteer to become girlie-men become the recipients of the alpha male's wrath. They fighting never ends well.

Take most CEO's in the US for example. They are almost all alpha males. As such they feel entitled to plunder their companies and a good number of them do it with gusto. Their total compensation packages are nothing short of highway robbery. They do it in front of everybody and no one has the guts to confront them. The few who dare confronting the alpha males are crushed or fired, or leave to find better places for themselves.

The same can be said about us. Alpha males send many signals to males around them to induce them into voluntary submission. Those who don't volunteer to become girlie-men become the recipients of the alpha male's wrath. They fighting never ends well.

Take most CEO's in the US for example. They are almost all alpha males. As such they feel entitled to plunder their companies and a good number of them do it with gusto. Their total compensation packages are nothing short of highway robbery. They do it in front of everybody and no one has the guts to confront them. The few who dare confronting the alpha males are crushed or fired, or leave to find better places for themselves.

It's an interesting dynamic worth of serious study.

Ah yes, modern day feudalism. Wars fought with lawyers rather than knights...

The same can be said about us. Alpha males send many signals to males around them to induce them into voluntary submission. Those who don't volunteer to become girlie-men become the recipients of the alpha male's wrath. They fighting never ends well.

Take most CEO's in the US for example. They are almost all alpha males. As such they feel entitled to plunder their companies and a good number of them do it with gusto. Their total compensation packages are nothing short of highway robbery. They do it in front of everybody and no one has the guts to confront them. The few who dare confronting the alpha males are crushed or fired, or leave to find better places for themselves.

It's an interesting dynamic worth of serious study.

Does Ballmer fall into "alpha male" category? He seems like a Beta male that got lucky. Now Steve Jobs, that guy crushed everyone in his path with gusto.

The same can be said about us. Alpha males send many signals to males around them to induce them into voluntary submission. Those who don't volunteer to become girlie-men become the recipients of the alpha male's wrath. They fighting never ends well.

Take most CEO's in the US for example. They are almost all alpha males. As such they feel entitled to plunder their companies and a good number of them do it with gusto. Their total compensation packages are nothing short of highway robbery. They do it in front of everybody and no one has the guts to confront them. The few who dare confronting the alpha males are crushed or fired, or leave to find better places for themselves.

The same can be said about us. Alpha males send many signals to males around them to induce them into voluntary submission. Those who don't volunteer to become girlie-men become the recipients of the alpha male's wrath. They fighting never ends well.

Take most CEO's in the US for example. They are almost all alpha males. As such they feel entitled to plunder their companies and a good number of them do it with gusto. Their total compensation packages are nothing short of highway robbery. They do it in front of everybody and no one has the guts to confront them. The few who dare confronting the alpha males are crushed or fired, or leave to find better places for themselves.

It's an interesting dynamic worth of serious study.

Does Ballmer fall into "alpha male" category? He seems like a Beta male that got lucky. Now Steve Jobs, that guy crushed everyone in his path with gusto.

I have to wonder if it's because their stronger bonding with owners make social contagions more likely to spread or if it's a result of the fact that they spend time looking at their owners' expressions than other people's.

Yet another round of tropes and misandry from your good friend "science."

If men commit far more violent crimes than women, then maybe we, culturally, are doing something wrong to encourage that - like glorifying violence as a measure of "toughness" and "toughness" as "masculine" and "masculine" as the most important thing for a man to be. My experience was being actively told not to hit people or play so rough, but many boys are rarely or never told that by their parents because they see it as a good healthy thing. It can backfire pretty easily.

Incidentally, I hit my husband a lot. But I'm not nearly strong enough to hurt him (so it's just a playful way to let off steam). If I was strong, and acting like that, I'd be Abuser #1...

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The GSA alliance thing sounds more like welcoming, tolerant schools with good parent-student body relations (it's always The Parents who are opposed to a GSA) are less likely to have incidents typical of rebellious or undersupervised teens.

Yet another round of tropes and misandry from your good friend "science."

If men commit far more violent crimes than women, then maybe we, culturally, are doing something wrong to encourage that - like glorifying violence as a measure of "toughness" and "toughness" as "masculine" and "masculine" as the most important thing for a man to be.

Go watch a bunch of 4 year olds in karate class and compare the behavior of the boys and girls.

Incidentally, I hit my husband a lot. But I'm not nearly strong enough to hurt him (so it's just a playful way to let off steam). If I was strong, and acting like that, I'd be Abuser #1...

What the fuck? Buy punching bag if you want to pummel something during your cathartic episodes. Unless he is some sort of dickhead and that is how you two manage your dysfunctional relationship, then carry on. Otherwise, I'll be the first to laugh when I hear you ended up on the other end of the abuse. Your behavior isn't cute and calling yourself weak doesn't change that.

Or maybe the number of people not afraid about others knowing they're gay is rising? Maybe if the US imposed the death penalty for gays, like in some countries, the number of them would drop dramatically to almost 0... then you would be able to sleep peacefully at night, without so many people everywhere doing things that don't hurt anybody...

Unless people like you are challenged, you get it into your tiny minds that all people think the way you do. Well I'm telling you your attitude is disgusting, you're wrong and you're in an ever shrinking minority.

Crawl back under the rock you came from, or better still go out in the world and open your eyes to the reality were we (mostly) don't vilify people because they are different.

Incidentally, I hit my husband a lot. But I'm not nearly strong enough to hurt him (so it's just a playful way to let off steam). If I was strong, and acting like that, I'd be Abuser #1...

If it's in anger, it's still domestic violence, and I automatically lose all respect for anyone who says that women are able to smack men around with impunity because it just isn't the same. Ever realize that you might not physically break someone, but still damage their respect for you and your relationship? Beyond that, it's as much a physical offshoot of emotional abuse as when men do it? I mean, punching someone's shoulder because you're joking with them isn't even in the same league as punching them because you're enraged and out of control.

However, I respect that you can admit it. I've come close but kept it to the couch or the bed, though I have been hit and nearly struck back instinctively. That kind of situation is horrible.

The same can be said about us. Alpha males send many signals to males around them to induce them into voluntary submission. Those who don't volunteer to become girlie-men become the recipients of the alpha male's wrath. They fighting never ends well.

Take most CEO's in the US for example. They are almost all alpha males. As such they feel entitled to plunder their companies and a good number of them do it with gusto. Their total compensation packages are nothing short of highway robbery. They do it in front of everybody and no one has the guts to confront them. The few who dare confronting the alpha males are crushed or fired, or leave to find better places for themselves.

It's an interesting dynamic worth of serious study.

Does Ballmer fall into "alpha male" category? He seems like a Beta male that got lucky. Now Steve Jobs, that guy crushed everyone in his path with gusto.

What exactly does he do at Microsoft?I mean really. He doesn't know finance, he doesn't know technology, he doesn't know…

But! He sure does know how to fire people that are competent (and might be future competition.)

Not criticizing mind you. Jabba can do whatever he wants. He has the biggest money sack!

Hopefully some nubile young thing will come along and strangle him with a chain before he can do much more damage....

Unless people like you are challenged, you get it into your tiny minds that all people think the way you do. Well I'm telling you your attitude is disgusting, you're wrong and you're in an ever shrinking minority.

Crawl back under the rock you came from, or better still go out in the world and open your eyes to the reality were we (mostly) don't vilify people because they are different.[/quote]

What's wrong with my attitude? Did I say anything against the gays? Did I tell them to jump over the Golden Gate bridge to get it over with?

What is this? Is this discussion a one way street? A thread for the gays only?

Why not Dr Trimmer says so. This is for the gay's discussions, you heterosexual shut the hell up?

I am a heterosexual, do I get to say my side of the story for the heterosexuals community? All my posts were deleted. It doesn't seems like it's okay for the heterosexual to say anything.

So it is okay for the research paper to promote gay sex homosexuality, all your heterosexual move aside and shut up?

I am here to suggesting to those heterosexual families: &quot;Do not let our heterosexual young teens to hang out with the gays just to show the world your teens have open minds and they have nothing against the gays.&quot;

Parents, this is a very wrong approach for the heterosexual teens. They don't need to hang out with the gays to show the world they are okay with the gays. If they do that, they are playing with fire, they will get burn.

Allow me for another analogy. This is the same as when you hang out with the alcoholics, the chances are you will turned into an alcoholic. When you hang out with groups using hard drugs, one day most likely you will turned into a hard drug user.

The paper says hanging out with the gays will cut down on being alcoholic is a whole bunch of BS talk.

It is people like you we should stay away from. Perhaps you should crawl back to your closet and stay there for good? What you say here only worsen the relationship between the heterosexual and the gays. So stay in your closet.

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Maybe so. What I am looking at, there are more teens are being induced into gay sex by the gays. Gays are always looking for fresh-blood. Russia ban gay marriage and ban homosexual education to teen are on the right move. U.S. need to follow up with the Russians and pass the same law.

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Maybe if the US imposed the death penalty for gays, like in some countries, the number of them would drop dramatically to almost 0...

That will do it. But we are a democratic nation. (hahaha..Are we?) That will not happen.

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then you would be able to sleep peacefully at night, without so many people everywhere doing things that don't hurt anybody...

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Whatever they do in their bedroom.. their businesses. They choice their way of life being gay, what do I care?

My gay neighbor knocking on his wall every night. If he or she? stop banning on the wall, I will sleep fine. I was thinking some cops telling him to do that.

Our 65 years old big fat black supervisor of 4 years keep pulling my hands whenever he got a chance to it even he knew I am a heterosexual and he still trying whatever he was thinking. Imagine what will happen if you let your teens to hang out with the gays. Just not too long ago he suggested to me a possible promotion for his up-coming new non-profit company for the homeless just to get me to bed. Isn't that disgusting? Well that would be the days I ban over to let him to do whatever he wanted. Sick.. Sick.. Sick.. Pretty amazing, huh? Undercover cops may be behind all this? BTW, his boss is also a black gay guy but seems a nice person. There are a few other gays around at work. Only very few of them I have some respect for them. As for the other gays. Stay the hell away from me. A lawsuit...Maybe? But there is no meat there for the lawyers. The gay supervisor is not a rich guy pretty much broke and couldn't pay for his fines owed from the local main library. So I don't see any lawyer would take the case.